The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-26
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
Keep down the suckers that start
from tree-rootA
lis there no ingenuity to devise
plans whereby abundance of water may
he held for time of need2-Elmira Hus-
c0ndna0n.
Water Crackers-One pound Of
-four. three ounces of butter, add sweet
milk or water to make. stiff paste;
beat until smooth with a rolling pin.
roll thin, cut in small round cakes and
bake.-Toledo Blodc.
We ought to understand the make
up of plants and animals In knowing
this and the elements that compose
them we shall more readily understand
the relation existing between them.
and so be the better prepared to sup
ply to the plant through the soil those
elements known to be lacking.
When you peel oranges or lemons.
dry the rinds. put them in n thin mus
lin sack in the pantry and use them to
Crate in cakes, custards. mincc-meat,
buildings and preserves; it is much bet
ter than the essences We buy; but 10
careful not to get too generous .
sprinkling.-Fidrm, Field asd Stock
nan.
When flies and gnats are trouble
some in the house, shut up doors and
blow little pure and fresh buhach
through the cheap bellows that can he
had anywhere. "Pure and fresh" re-
member, and then sweep up and burn
the corpses. Keeping the powder in
close tin cans is essential, as it soon
looses its virtue when exposed.
Italian Sauce: Put into a sauce
pan little parsley. a shallot, some
mushrooms and truffles, if to be had.
chopped finely. also piece of butter
as large as n walnut; warm them To-
gether; add half glass of white vine
gar, some pepper and salt; let all boil
gently for half an hour; strain and add
a teaspoonful of oil.-Boston Budget.
Fancy covers for the popular cheap
literature Of the day are made Of paste
board covered with pretty cretonne;
of rough paper with title of the book
written or printed upon it in color, and
Of soft leather or chamois. Remove
the colored paper cover and paste the
fresh ono on securely. A ten-cent book
may thus be made fit ornament for
the parlor tabe.-Indianapolis Journal.
Soup Stock: Put beef bone weigh
ing three pounds into three quarts Of
water and set on to boil. Cut up small
a pound of lean ham or bacon, fry
brown. then add the liquor from the
bones; cover up the kettle and simmer
five hours; strain through the hair sieve
and set by until cold; remove the fat
and it will be ready for any soup that
may be required. -bsdianapolis Sen
tinel.
To make pretzcls, take of flour
one-half pound. fresh butter one-half
pound. sugar one-quarter pound. add
one whole egg. one yelk of an egg,
some grated lemon peel. and a table
spoonful Of sweet cream Mix thor
oughly on paste board, and mold this
paste into pretzels or small wreaths;
wash them over with the yelk of an
egg. strew them with pounded swee:
almonds, and bake them to a nice yell
low color on q baking plate lardcd
with butter.-Good Housekeeping.
If good dry clay bed can not be
secured for the pigs. says writer. it
is better TO retain the plank floor. But
the clay floor is best, and if it can be
of about the quality of dirt which will
make u good brick it is better than
black soil. and if it is inclined to red
dishness so much the better, as then
there is an assurance that it contains
the muriate of iron, which is healthy
for hogs. applied outwardly or inward
ly.-S. Louis Republican.